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Playing tennis has served Josh Rosen well as he prepares for life as an NFL quarterback

Josh Rosen is all in for football, he's clear about that.

But there was a time not so long ago when tennis was his No. 1 sport. Back then, if Rosen had heard "Roger," he thought Federer, not Goodell.

Of course, it's Goodell - the NFL commissioner - who will be calling Rosen's name at or near the top of this year's draft as plenty of teams are enamored with the former UCLA quarterback who is widely considered the best pure passer in this class.

The way Rosen sees it, his background as

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